Development of a web-based assessment tool that evaluates the meal situation when a child has a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

• Principais autores: Margaretha Jenholt Nolbris (Autor), Ann-Louise Gustafsson (Autor), Carina Fondin (Autor), Karin Mellgren (Autor), Stefan Nilsson (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
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Abstract Background Children with cancer often suffer side effects from their treatment, for example nausea and vomiting, which can lead to malnutrition. If a child cannot eat orally, a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) can improve his or her well-being, psychosocial development and growth b...